The naming of a church often has meaning for the local community. In Mogwase in Rustenburg diocese, the local Batswana are traditionally cattle farmers and know how to take care of their livestock. So...
Pupils at Brescia House School in Bryanston, Johannesburg, received their First Communion at the church of the Resurrection in Bryanston. Parish priest Fr Keith Gordon-Davis is seen with the new First Communicants.
The RCIA group of Immaculate Conception parish in East London went on retreat to the Pallotti Farm Centre. The focus of the weekend retreat was discipleship. (Submitted by Sr Agnes Kreuzberg OP)
A popular theologian has released a book of Lenten reflections with a special focus on the ecology. In God’s Universe, Our Responsibility: 40 Days of Ecological Reflections, Jesuit Father Anthony Egan offers meditations and...
A former South Africa-based priest has been elected provincial of his congregation for Germany. Fr Christoph Eisentraut, 59, was elected at the chapter of the Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries (CMM) in Würzburg, Bavaria. Fr...
New cultural and social contexts no longer “serve the living and the propagation of faith”—which is why the new Pastoral Plan launched by the bishops is so important, according to the president of the...
Church / Laudato Si / Parish Life
by Caleb SC · Published November 21, 2019 · Last modified November 18, 2019
An intergenerational retreat was held for parishioners and confirmation candidates of St Peter’s parish in Strand, near cape Town, on the theme “The Mystery of God’s Creation”. The retreat was facilitated by Dominican Sister...
Church / Death / Religious Life
by Caleb SC · Published November 17, 2019 · Last modified November 14, 2019
By Paddy Noonan OFM – Franciscan Brother Martin Thompson died on September 29 in Ireland. He was born as George Thompson in Dublin on November 4, 1934, and after his education at Belvedere College,...
Selling The Southern Cross at St John’s parish in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, are Patsy Dysan (left) and Fiona Purvis. The latter also coordinates the sacristans in the parish. We love receiving your photos...
by Caleb SC · Published November 9, 2019 · Last modified November 22, 2019
The philosophy and theology students of St John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria received their bachelors degrees from chancellor Archbishop Dabula Mpaku of Pretoria. Also present were Bishops João Rodrigues of Tzaneen and Stanislaw Dziuba...
Charity / Christian Living / Church / Sydney Duval
by Caleb SC · Published November 2, 2019 · Last modified October 31, 2019
By Sydney Duval – Misereor and Missio are the two big Ms celebrated as active and conscientious Catholic voices for social responsibility and pastoral outreach. Misereor is the German Catholic bishops’ organisation for development cooperation....
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